DTp looks at Armitage's lorry action areas
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:ONSULTATION document on lorry action areas, as proposed in Armitage Report on lorries, people, and the environment, is ng circulated by the Department of Transport.
t considers which criteria )uld be established for deflating lorry action areas and places in which serious enonmental problems are ated by lorry traffic, but from ich traffic cannot be diverted, which are therefore in need such special measures as tallation of double glazing or d resurfacing.
)ne possibility for estab : is issuing an eight-year irantee against rust and corion on the panels and frame A lorry cab.
he cab is made up of SMC, a at moulding compound. The C panels are bolted to a reined steel framework. Repair ts are low because individual els can be replaced. The cab Iso fire resistant.
he guarantee does not apply my cab which has been rered following accidental rage. lishing whether an action area should be designated would be for a threshold of lorry traffic to be laid down. If traffic exceeded that threshold, then the area would qualify for possible special help.
The DTp is not saying yet what that threshold might be, but it is aware of the risk of setting it at an unrealistic level. If it is too high, then all metropolitan areas would be excluded, but if it was too low, then false hopes might be raised as too many possible action areas would be under consideration.
Whatever proposals are agreed on must produce value for money, the DTp says, and it intends to use details of lorry control measures included in Transport Policies and Programme submissions as a basis for its action area decisions.
Interested parties, including local government and the transport industry, have been given until September 30 to give their views to the DTp.